The Role of Wealth and Mother’s Education in Infant and Child Mortality in 26 Sub-Saharan African Countries: Evidence from Pooled Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Data 2003–2011 and African Development Indicators (ADI), 2012

Anyamele, Okechukwu D.; Ukawuilulu, John O.; Akanegbu, Benedict N.

doi:10.1007/s11205-015-1225-x

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“…They understand the importance of prenatal and neonatal care and its relation to mortality of infants and mothers. A recently published study in infant and child mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa using the Demographic andHealth Surveys (2003-2011) and the World Bank African Development Indicators (2012) found that as a mother's education increases infant mortality decreases, regardless of whether the mother is living in an urban or rural region (Anyamele, Ukawuilulu, & Akanegbu, 2017). These data reinforce the importance of educating women to improve health outcomes.…”

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Contribution of Schooling to Community Development in African Countries

Akkari

Loomis

2019

Handbook on Promoting Social Justice in Education

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In this chapter, we explore how schooling contributes to community development in African countries. Seventy years after independence, the village school still resembles a foreign culture and functions as a method for extracting a minority of talented children from their communities while failing to equip the majority of youth with the appropriate knowledge to make a difference in their lives and communities. In the first part of the article, we discuss the weakness of basic education to be locally relevant. The cultural and linguistic distance between school and communities and families is given special attention. In the second part, we analyze the links between schooling and improvement in health and gender equality. This aspect seems to us one of the most indisputable achievements of schooling. In the last part of the article, we explore the prospects of an African school model for contributing to community development.

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Section: The Dividends Of Schooling In Africamentioning

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Contribution of Schooling to Community Development in African Countries

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2019

Handbook on Promoting Social Justice in Education

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“…Since DHS has a complex survey design, sampling weights are required to correct for the bias in probability selection [29]. Regression analysis was, therefore, done after adjusting for sampling design (stratification and clustering) using "svy" command in Stata/MP 15.1.…”

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Impact of High-Risk Fertility Behaviour on Under-five Mortality in Asia and Africa: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys

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Rubi

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Background: Smaller or older maternal age, smaller inter-pregnancy birth interval, and higher birth order of the child are considered to be high-risk fertility behaviour (HRFB). Under-five mortality being disproportionately concentrated in Asia and Africa, this study analyses the association between HRFB and under-five mortality in selected Asian and African countries. Methods: This study used Integrated Public Microdata Series-Demographic and Health Surveys (IPUMS-DHS) data from 32 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia from 1986 to 2017 (N=1,467,728). Previous evidence hints at four markers of HRFB: women's age at the birth of index child <18 years or >34 years, smaller preceding birth interval (PBI) <24 months, and child's birth order >3. Using logistic regression, we analysed the change in the odds of under-five mortality as a result of i) exposure to HRFB individually, ii) exposure to any single HRFB risk factor, iii) exposure to multiple HRFB risk factors, and iv) exposure to specific combinations of HRFB risk factors. Results: Mother's age at the birth of index child <18 years and preceding birth interval (PBI) <24 months were significant risk factors of under-five mortality, while a child's birth order >3 was a protective factor against under-five mortality. Presence of any single HRFB was associated with 1.067 times higher risk of under-five mortality (OR = 1.067; 95% CI: 1.042 - 1.090; P < 0.001). Presence of multiple HRFBs was associated with 1.392 times higher risk of under-five mortality (OR = 1.392; 95% CI: 1.355 - 1.431; P < 0.001). Some specific combinations of risky fertility behaviour such as younger maternal age (<18 years) and smaller preceding birth interval (PBI <24) significantly increased the odds of under-five mortality.Conclusion: Younger maternal age and small preceding birth interval significantly increase the risk of under-five mortality. This highlights the need for effective legislation to curb child marriages and increased public investment in reproductive healthcare with a focus on higher contraceptive use for an optimal interpregnancy interval.

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“…Multiple studies use primary school completion and progression to secondary school and find lower mortality is associated with higher education levels (Gupta et al 2002;Gakidou et al 2010;Anyamele et al 2017).…”

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Government Revenue and Child and Maternal Mortality

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Most maternal and child deaths result from inadequate access to the critical determinants of health: clean water, sanitation, education and healthcare, which are also among the Sustainable Development Goals. Reasons for poor access include insufficient government revenue for essential public services. In this paper, we predict the reductions in mortality rates — both child and maternal — that could result from increases in government revenue, using panel data from 191 countries and a two-way fixed-effect linear regression model. The relationship between government revenue per capita and mortality rates is highly non-linear, and the best form of non-linearity we have found is a version of an inverse function. This implies that countries with small per-capita government revenues have a better scope for reducing mortality rates. However, as per-capita revenue rises, the possible gains decline rapidly in a non-linear way. We present the results which show the potential decrease in mortality and lives saved for each of the 191 countries if government revenue increases. For example, a 10% increase in per-capita government revenue in Afghanistan in 2002 ($24.49 million) is associated with a reduction in the under-5 mortality rate by 12.35 deaths per 1000 births and 13,094 lives saved. This increase is associated with a decrease in the maternal mortality ratio of 9.3 deaths per 100,000 live births and 99 maternal deaths averted. Increasing government revenue can directly impact mortality, especially in countries with low per- capita government revenues. The results presented in this study could be used for economic, social and governance reporting by multinational companies and for evidence-based policymaking and advocacy.

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The Role of Wealth and Mother’s Education in Infant and Child Mortality in 26 Sub-Saharan African Countries: Evidence from Pooled Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Data 2003–2011 and African Development Indicators (ADI), 2012

Cited by 27 publications

References 27 publications

Contribution of Schooling to Community Development in African Countries

Contribution of Schooling to Community Development in African Countries

Impact of High-Risk Fertility Behaviour on Under-five Mortality in Asia and Africa: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys

Government Revenue and Child and Maternal Mortality

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